Slaven Bilic has revealed his last-ditch attempt to keep Dimitri Payet at West Ham, just before his explosive press conference on Thursday.

The Croatian spoke to the media ahead of the Hammers' home fixture against Crystal Palace on Saturday, and revealed that star man Payet has expressed his desire to leave the club.

Payet has refused to play in an attempt to broker a move to former club Marseille.

But Bilic, writing in his column in the Standard, says he tried one final time to talk Payet round before revealing the situation to the world.

Payet has told West Ham he wants to leave (Image: Avril Husband)

Bilic revealed the news at his press conference (Image: Getty)

He wrote: "Yesterday, just before the normal pre-match press conference, I asked Dimitri one more time: “Are you standing by what you said a couple of days ago or have you thought more about it?”

"He replied that he was standing by his decision, so that was that. The right thing to do then was to tell the supporters and the players what was happening and I informed the squad later that morning, before we began training."

Payet was crowned Hammer of the Year after a stellar debut Premier League season, and has 15 goals in 60 competitive appearances for West Ham.

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Yesterday, Bilic said: "Let’s get serious. I have a situation with a player. It is Dimitri Payet. He wants to leave.

"We have said we don’t want to sell our best players but Payet does not want to play for us.